I noticed that Jim Harbaugh suddenly got a few votes in a recent poll question on this site concerning the next coach for Michigan. After over 500 votes the clear preference is for Les Miles with Jeff Tedford creeping behind. For anyone who is thinking that Harbaugh might be a candidate– forget it. The bridge is not only burned but it is gone. Beating USC at their place is certainly a special victory but Harbaugh won’t coach in Ann Arbor in a billion million years. There are a few takeaways from the upset of Stanford over USC relevant to Michigan, both good and bad. On the positive side it is clear with every Mets-like collapse, with each Fighting Irish low point and with upsets like this, the Appalachian State debacle seems to be fading from the top of the poop list. Here’s CFN: Move over Appalachian State; Stanford just one upped you. ASU was a two-time defending national champion with a history of winning, and an excellent system in place, when it shocked the world with an upset over Michigan to begin the season. But as improbable as that was, it turns out Michigan just isn’t all that great. Also, if there’s usually going to be a big upset, it’ll come in the season opener when the supposedly superior team doesn’t have time…
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Under the WTKA tent….
Special to MVictors.com, a guest columnist breaks down the Bud Light WTKA mVictors Lounge Props to WTKA and the Bud Light Victors Lounge. Free beer, free food, Michigan football and strippers. Can you beat it? No. Nobody took their clothes off but when free beer is involved you never know what will happen. Budweiser and Mr. Roof sponsored the event which features not only Bud beer but also Smokehouse Blue BBQ. On hand for the pre-game show was WTKA’s Sam Webb, the Ann Arbow News’ Jim Carty, Steve Clarke and the rest of the WTKA crew. Enjoy a few pics from the event: You’ve got to get past this bad ass if you want into the coveted Victors lounge tent: Sam Webb of the Michigan Insider and gobluewolverine breaking down the EMU game: Would rather be a participant, the bar bartender inside the lounge: Hello, Dolly… A few of the talented ladies from Deja Vu that graced the Victors lounge. “What’s that, you two wanna kiss?”. Aw, just jokes:
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Inside the WTKA mVictors Lounge
We finally got an insider past the security and inside the 1050AM WTKA Victors Lounge today for the EMU game. I’ll provide some takes, photos, and reviews on our backstage access to the TKA pregame show on Sunday, that is assuming our undercover loungee doesn’t get too deep into the free Bud Light and Smokehouse grub. Beat Eagles and Go Blue! [Update: Here’s our insider’s take from under the tent of the mVictors Lounge.]
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Washtenaw County Tradition
Michigan and Eastern Michigan renew the battle for bragging rights in Washtenaw County. According to Google Maps, it is just 6.0 miles from Rynearson Stadium in Ypsilanti to the Big House. You may know that the Wolverines have never lost to EMU (7-0) or any other MAC conference school (22-0), but did you know Eastern isn’t the only team in Washtenaw county that’s battled Michigan? On October 10, 1891 Michigan locked horns with Ann Arbor High School and dropped them like a…well, like a high school team, rolling up 62 points on AAHS’s zero. I guess there weren’t any I-AA lambs to schedule to open the season back then.
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Shand vs. Martin Update
Not much news with former WTKA morning host Dave Shand and his case against Michigan athletic director Bill Martin. Latest I’ve heard from Shand’s legal team is that Martin has filed a motion to dismiss the suit and that this is going to be heard on November 28. As I understand it, Martin is claiming he is immune from the suit because he’s a government official. Umm…ok. I’ve seen some harsh comments directed at the athletic department lately in light of the Artis Chambers mess. Perhaps Martin & company should have spent more time worrying about tracking eligibility and less time worrying about talk show hosts? Meanwhile the morning show has been taken over by Gobluewolverine’s Sam Webb with sidekick Andy Evans. Their show, “The Michigan Insider with Sam Webb” has a long way to go. They certainly benefit from this being football season and as usual, there’s never a dull moment in covering Lloyd Carr’s camp. It’ll be interesting to see what happens to Webb’s show after the regular season and especially after the bowls. Love or hate Shand, I think his show had the ability to draw in the occasional non-Wolverine fanatic, and I’m not sure if Webb and Evans can pull that off. We’ve also seen the return of Shand’s original show on Sunday mornings- Off The…
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86 Nixed for EMU
The Free Press is reporting this evening that Mario Manningham is being penalized for violating team rules and won’t suit up this Saturday against Eastern Michigan. This is obviously a big downer especially with Manningham having his best game last week in Evanston. No surprise the specifics of the incident aren’t available. Maybe Carr finally got wind of Manningham’s epic Worm at the end of the Penn State game?
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Big Ten Rose Bowl Tie-Breaker Rules
10/25/2009: The Big Ten rules changed in 2009, FCS games played is no longer a factor. Click here for more. 11/8/08 Update: Spartan fans, that Iowa win over PSU is a buzz kill. Had Penn State won out and lost to Michigan State, Dantonio and company would go to the Rose Bowl per the rules below. Not to say that Ohio State won’t lose again but I think that’s unlikely. As reported by Jim Carty and noted here, I’ve confirmed the rule changes to the Big Ten tie-breaker. The rule change applies to the Rose Bowl only, but it does penalized Big Ten teams for scheduling teams from the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS), aka the former Division I-AA. I got this from the Big Ten offices, who also mentioned that this would be put online at bigten.org ASAP: METHOD TO DETERMINE BIG TEN CONFERENCE AUTOMATICREPRESENTATIVE TO THE BOWL CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES Effective for bowl games following the 2006-09 regular football seasons, the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) will consist of five (5) bowl games: BCS National Championship Game, Rose Bowl, Fiesta Bowl, Orange Bowl, and Sugar Bowl. Participation by a Big Ten Conference member institution will be determined as follows: a. BCS National Championship Game. In the event the conference has one or two football teams ranked No. 1 and/or No. 2…
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Novel Voting Concept
I think SI’s college football writer Stewart Mandel is starting to get it. Now if all the other coaches and media members can catch on. After going into his take on why they shouldn’t release college football polls until week 5, he nonetheless came to this conclusion: What I ended up doing is something we should probably all start doing around this time every season: Throwing out my previous ballot and starting from scratch. As a result, some teams moved up or down from last week more dramatically than others despite similar results Hmm…there’s an idea. Leave your ego at the door and don’t let your previous ballots influence your vote from week to week?
